vim 101 - my vimrc

 "colorscheme ron  
 "colorscheme jagadeesh  
 "color ir_black  
 colorscheme koehler  
 set nu  
 set nocindent  
 set hlsearch  
 set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab  
 set laststatus=2  
 "i don't want a toolbar in gvim  
 set guioptions-=T  
 "i dont want to see menu in gvim  
 set guioptions-=m  
 "map "+y  
 "imap "+y  
 "map "+gP  
 "imap "+gP  
 nmap "+g  
 map tnext  
 map tprev  
 map "+y  
 map "+x  
 map "+gP  
 imap "+y  
 imap "+x  
 imap "+gP  
 map gj  
 map gk  
 imap gki  
 imap gji  
 map []  
 map ][  
 imap []i  
 imap ][i  
 map gg  
 imap ggi  
 "Tab navigation  
 map gt  
 imap gta  
 au FileType tex set ai et tw=70 spell  
 au FileType c set cindent tw=80 nospell  
 au FileType h set cindent tw=80 nospell  
 au FileType cpp set cindent tw=80 nospell  
 autocmd BufEnter *.cu set cindent tw=80 nospell  
 au FileType cuh set cindent tw=80 nospell  
 autocmd BufEnter *.c,*.C,*.cpp,*.CPP,*.h,*.H,*.cu,*.cuh set guifont=Courier\ 10\ Pitch\ 12  
 autocmd BufEnter *.c,*.C,*.cpp,*.CPP,*.h,*.H,*.cu,*.cuh map [[  
 autocmd BufEnter *.c,*.C,*.cpp,*.CPP,*.h,*.H,*.cu,*.cuh map ]]  
 filetype plugin on  
 set ofu=syntaxcomplete#Complete  
 " OmniCppComplete  
 let OmniCpp_NamespaceSearch = 1  
 let OmniCpp_GlobalScopeSearch = 1  
 let OmniCpp_ShowAccess = 1  
 let OmniCpp_ShowPrototypeInAbbr = 1 " show function parameters  
 let OmniCpp_MayCompleteDot = 1 " autocomplete after .  
 let OmniCpp_MayCompleteArrow = 1 " autocomplete after ->  
 let OmniCpp_MayCompleteScope = 1 " autocomplete after ::  
 let OmniCpp_DefaultNamespaces = ["std", "_GLIBCXX_STD"]  
 " automatically open and close the popup menu / preview window  
 au CursorMovedI,InsertLeave * if pumvisible() == 0|silent! pclose|endif  
 set completeopt=menuone,menu,longest,preview  
 let c_no_if0=0  

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Font and Font Size in gvim

Edit ~/.gvimrc and put the following lines:

set guifont=*
set guifont=Courier\ 10\ Pitch\ 12

Here "Courier 10 Pitch" is the name of the font and 12 is the font size.

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Copying from external clipboard in gvim

Normally, to copy from inside vim 'yy' and 'p' works. But if you are copying from an external application (say web browser or some other editor) it will not work. The easiest way is to do Edit->Paste.

But, to make life easier, we can remap it. Put this in ~/.vimrc
map "+gP

Further, to copy from vim to external clipboard, add this too:
map "+y

Now Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v works for copy paste in vim.

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